[Leica] M8 and the WAR

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Hi Jayanand, I thought we might hear from you when I mentioned Nikon vs.
Leica ;-) The key word in my comments was RETENTION of value, being new
price vs. current price. Once you've paid for those M lenses they can work
for you and remain valuable for a very long time. Yes, you can buy a lot of
used Nikon manual gear cheaply now for a rugged film outfit.
Actually it is an interesting thread with a number of different issues being
talked about, especially the performance of all digital cameras mentioned
compared to the more rugged designs of pro film cameras.
This week a story was related to me regarding a war photographer who is
living here now. I got to see a proof run of prints of photographs by him
during the Vietnam conflict. Evidently he survived an exploding grenade when
shrapnel struck his Leica camera while he was holding it to his face.

Cheers
Geoff
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-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 and the WAR

Geoff,
Also guess which is the better value now - the F3 is built like a rock, and
is a very flexible system, thanks to various accessories that are available
(viewfinders, focus screens,etc,etc)...some of those AIS lenses are no
slouches either. Depends on whether you are a collector or user.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
wrote:
......On mechanical solid film kit second hand prices, all six of my
remaining manual focus well built Nikon primes are currently for sale, for a
total of about one half... the value of a single modern used Leica M lens,
.... Guess which kit has better value retention ;-)
> Cheers Geoff
> -----Original Message-----